Teaching assistants at York University in Toronto are on strike after management cut 800 TA posts. TAs are essential for students; they are the ones who actually teach the courses and do the grading rather than the professor. The management are also not doing enough to make the campus safe for women. If these attacks go ahead they will affect everyone at the university – send messages of support to CUPE3903strikecommittee@gmail.com.
Education
HE strike: rally at London Metropolitan University
Film length: 6:47 Third day of national strike action for a decent pay rise and a living wage for all higher education workers. At a rally at London Metropolitan University, the pickets are joined by […]
Cleaners/Outsourced workers
3 Cosas Strike: Victory!
Film length: 8:28 A major step forward for outsourced workers at the University of London: immediately after their two day strike in November 2013, Balfour Beatty announced major concessions on sick pay and holidays. However […]
Living Wage/Basic Rights
Time for £12! Sage care workers strike for a living wage
Running Time: 11 mins 2 secs Care workers and cleaners at Sage Nursing Home in Golders Green, North London, strike for three days over their poverty wages and awful terms and conditions – in a […]